Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-24

Next SATURDAY tho o"h"y
DR.. Fay's church will give its annual
picnic. ---S.-
Rev. DR.. Schneider will lecture this
evening in English in the synagogue.
Service begins at 7;3O.
H.. Wilson was fined $40 yesterday
for creating disturbance on Main
street Wednesday afternoon.
The Los Angeles Prohibition Club will
meet tonight at 1880 o'clock in Justice
Taney's courtroom in Temple Block.
A pleasant dinner party was given by
Mr.. ]. R. Stone, of the Oxford Univer-
sity to q party OF English tourist OF the
Nadesu last night.
The public library receives good
deal of patronage nowadays, and its
rooms are generally crowded with I'M
bibers at the fountain of know ledge.
The case of the Verdugos for the as
sault of Juan Vega was called in Jus
tice Austin's court yesterday, and on
motion OF attorneys went over until
July 18th.
The County Assessors deputies were
hard at work until q late hour last
night and the screw is being vigorously
applied so as to get the rolls ready by
the LIST Of July.
Miss Nellie Collens died in this city
June 18th The remains were taken
in charge and embalmed by W. II.
Richards and were shipped to her late
home at Ontario. Canada. yesterday.
The Judge Gardner mentioned in the
HERALD as attending the Jubilee ball,
was not Judge w. P. Gardiner of the
Superior court, but the genial attorney
in the Lawyer Building on Tenn pie
street.
Franklin West, an aged but not wise
member of the G. A. r., was, at Santa
Monica on Tuesday and felt certain that
he could tell under which shell pea
reposed. He paid $40 to find that he
was mistaken.
1t was rumored yesterday that Horace
Bell intended to sue Louis Mesmer for
libel, the grounds being the testimony of
Mr.. Mesmer relative to the character OF
Major Bell in the late case of the people
Va. Stephens and Thornton.
Yesterday the case Of A. l.. Bath VS.
Jose Valdez ct al, was decided in favor
of the plaintiff. This case. which was
for the possession of the lot on Spring
street on which Bath and Fosmir's foun-
dry now stands, has been in the courts
fer the past six years, and its final set.
Element must be a relief to all the par
ties. The property is now very valu'
able.
Chris. Holler walked into the police
station last evening and requested to be
locked up, claiming that he was being
pursued by his creditors. 1t is question
whether he is suffering from an over
indulgence in liquor or from insanity.
There is to be an ice cream social and
an entertainment at the First Congre-
gational Church, corner Hill and Third,
this evening, June "a. "The Plea OF
the Nations" will be given in costume.
Admission 25 cents. Ice cream and cake
free.
The local packing company of this city
is going to work in real earnest. They
will need 200 tons Of apricots, the same
of peaches and 100 tons of Bartlett
pears. They have already contracted
for 500 tons of tomatoes. This company
will employ about $50 hands for the next
four months.
Property holders are moving to ex
tend Third street from Main street east
to the Santa Fe r. R. Depot to so tee'
wide. This will be genuins improve
ment. There is no doubt but it will bt
done as all or nearly all along its line
have already agreed to the plan. Wher
extended Third street will be one O
the han jsomest streets in the city.
Cawston aud Fox, of the Washington
Garden ostrich farm, announce their in
tention of erecting large hall on their
grounds, on the site OF the pavilion that
was burned down some time ago. Thi
will be utilized for concerts and theatre
cal perform ances, after the style of tn
Vienna, at San Francisco; and they ais
state that they will give a season o
light opera as an additional inducemen
to visitors at their pleasure resort.
The ladies who are employed in tn
County Recorders office were moved
into their new quarters yesterday. Fol
their accommodation a tax has beer
levied on Judge O'Melveny's courtroom
a portion of which has been partitionet
off. The rooms are neatly furnished
and carpeted, and the ladies greatly
appreciate the change from the obnoxiou
sewer gas laden atmosphere which hal
pervaded the apartment which they
have hitherto occupied.